Clarkson Baptist Church has taken a positive spin on hard economic times by creating a job and resource fair for people in Grayson County.

The Grayson County Job and Income Opportunity Expo, held at 5115 Elizabethtown Road, will take place on June 27 from 8-1 p.m. There is no charge for people to participate in the expo.

Some of the seminars on that day will be How to write a Great Resume, Successful Budgeting, Savings and Investments, Using the Internet To Save $$$, Creating Your Own Business at Home and Your Own Economic Stimulus Plan.

Other resources that will be available for residents are resume writing and how to find coupons online.

Exhibitors from colleges and other organizations will be setup on that day for questions and comments. They will also be handing out brochures and other useful items.

Groups who have already signed up are Elizabethtown Community College, Mid-Continent University, K-CHIP, Grayson County Department of Tourism, Grayson County Chamber Commerce, ladies auxiliary, Mannatech and Pampered Chef.

There is still time for other organizations to sign up. Church representative Doris McCugh urged people to call her by phone at 502-724-7548 or by email at dkmac2003@gmail.com for exhibitor or general information.

It does not cost anything to setup a table for viewing. Wireless is available for presentation use.

Representative Doris McCugh said the church decided to create something like this to get the right people together to help each other during hard times.

“We started thinking of this at prayer meetings,” McCugh explained. “People were needing jobs. We needed to find a way to go out and network people in the area to find people jobs. The community has always been involved with each other, but they don’t know what to do, or who to talk, when things happen. Hopefully this job fair will remedy that.”